Insidious 2

Insidious  2 was freaking awesome. I was really in doubt about the previews I had seen about this movie. I was quite skeptical that it could produce the same effect of the first one. I was wrong! Oh so wrong! This movie was not only really good it was cohesive and well thought out. I mean for those of you who have seen the first one you know that obviously it was going to come with a sequel but what you couldn't expect was the story behind the veil. Then it ties in oh so well with the first, I mean its, just ughh,.... I don't want to say anymore. Trust me that's its really good and you should watch it if you enjoyed the first one. I can't wait for chapter 3, I'm pretty sure there will be one but without the main characters of the first and second installments but do not fear, if the writers remain the same then we shall having nothing to fear but fear itself. The only thing I didn't like about the movie was that it was badly marketed.. well it seemed less interesting but I guess in retrospect I kind of like it because you really were in for a  surprise.

Day 31: Silence of the Lambs

Silence of the Lambs:1991: Winner of the 64th Academy Award

 

Starring:

Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling

Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter

Scott Glenn as Jack Crawford

Ted Levine as Jame Gumb, "Buffalo Bill"

Anthony Heald as Frederick Chilton

Brooke Smith as Catherine Martin

Diane Baker as Senator Ruth Martin

Kasi Lemmons as Ardelia Mapp

Frankie Faison as Barney Matthews

Tracey Walter as Lamar

Charles Napier as Lt. Boyle

Danny Darst as Sgt. Tate

Alex Coleman as Sgt. Jim Pembry

Dan Butler as Roden

Paul Lazar as Pilcher

Ron Vawter as Paul Krendler

Roger Corman as FBI Director Hayden Burke

Chris Isaak as SWAT Commander

Harry Northup as Mr. Bimmel

Masha Skorobogatov as Young Clarice Starling

Don Brockett as cellmate and "Pen Pal"

Anthony Hopkins I love you! Everything you do I love! As the genius madman/ cannibal Hannibal Lecter, Hopkins was damn brilliant. It is also further proof that the man can be evil and you still have to love him. He was on screen for no longer than ten minutes and he won the oscar. And who could forget his big line. “ A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti..apffffffffff.” (The sound effects and face are much more menacing I promise.)Further I think this is my favorite Jodie Foster movie, she is a very convincing driven cop who wants to prove her worth more than anything else and as a near an equal as can be to Lecter. I saw this movie when I was fourteen for the first time and I wont lie, I was quite taken, never had I seen a thriller this brilliantly adapted, I decided to read the book , and dear blog afficionado, I was not disappointed! To this day it is one of my favorite trilogy's both in film and book, following on the heels of LOTR. I know it isn't the movie for the faint or weak of stoamch, but I dare anyone to watch and not like it.

It also won awards for:

Best Actress: Jodie Foster

Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins

Best Director: Jonathon Demme

Best Adapted Screenplay :Ted Tally

Day 25: Rebecca

Rebecca: 1940: Winner of the 13th Academy Awards



Starring:


Laurence Olivier as Maxim de Winter
Joan Fontaine as The Second Mrs. de Winter

George Sanders as Jack Favell

Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers

Nigel Bruce as Major Giles Lacy

Reginald Denny as Frank Crawley

C. Aubrey Smith as Colonel Julyan

Gladys Cooper as Beatrice Lacy

Florence Bates as Mrs. Edythe Van Hopper

Melville Cooper as Coroner

Leo G. Carroll as Dr. Baker

Wow, wow, wow! This movie has it all, the wry dry British Humor, thrills and chills and a love story. The plot is this a young woman (Fontaine) is a companion to a wealthy woman and is with her on a trip in Monte Carlo, there she meets the young aristocrat Mr. de Winter, who is now a widower thanks to his previous wife’s catastrophic death. As with any movie plot they fall in love. What you have to understand is that she is almost in every way very different to Rebecca his previous wife. Anyhow, this man takes her to his estate called “Manderly” and a series of very intriguing plots begin to twist. I don't want to say to much for fear that I’ll give too much away. I mean honestly you won't get the whole story until the movie is just about done. It is very similar to the movie Psycho, in the sense that you don't get the complete picture all at once, more like in pieces. The end is simply superb and I loved Laurence Olivier in this. I almost pardon him for the movie “Hamlet”, which was way boring. Also I think I might have liked this more because for the longest I couldn’t find a place that had it. Salinger and I went out to get stuff and randomly found a library and lo and behold three movies that had been as of yet not found stood staring at me like new found friends. Rebecca being one of them. This was Hitchcock's first American film and he won an Oscar for it! Go Hitchcock. This is my third Hitchcock movie seen. I never got to finish “Rear Window”. This is joining “My to get List. ” its one of those movies you watch on a stormy and rainy day, in the dark. It just gets you so excited and you can't help but try to anticipate whats going to happen next. This is one of the Academy's better choices. Furthermore considering I had a week of solid war movies of extremely long length I can faithfully say I am happy for a decently timed film with a good plot and no gun shots. Rebecca is a must see, trust me you will not be disappointed.

It also won an award for:
Best Cinematography, Black and White - George Barnes